Bocas del Toro Creole
| Bocas del Toro Creole | |
|---|---|
| Panamanian Creole English | |
| Native to | Panama |
Native speakers | 270,000 (2000)[1] |
English creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
jam-pan | |
| Glottolog | None |
Bocas del Toro Creole, or Panamanian Creole English, is a dialect of Jamaican Creole English spoken in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. Bocas del Toro Creole is a dialect of Jamaican Creole similar to Central American varieties such as Limón Coastal Creole.[1] It does not have the status of an official language.
The native speakers of this dialect call it Guari-guari.[2] It also goes by the names of Colón Creole and Rio Abajo Creole. It is a hybrid tongue of English and Spanish with elements of the local Guaymí language of the Ngöbe Buglé people.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Jamaican Creole English (Panama) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Schreck, Kristina (2007). Frommer's Panama. John Wiley & Sons. p. 306.
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